![I have a theory…
When I’m writing and I’ve set up the tension really well, I struggle to figure out the ending. This means I am tense. My theory is that when a book has great tension it’s because the author has successfully transferred their own tension onto the page!
Which is similar to how I perceive that when I knit a gift, I am knitting love into the thing.
Who are we kidding? Let’s call it what it is. I am knitting love into the socks!
What do we think?
[ID: sage green/sky blue/oak brown shortie sock in progress, breakfast taco on an aqua tiled table.
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Ok, I really am going to try to knit something other than gnomes before the people that know me IRL check me into some kind of gnome rehab, but before they catch me and cart me off, I have a few random things to say.
The day my gnome yarn came in the mail, I couldn’t resist a picture before I got started. I love the colors!
Doesn’t this gnome remind you of Ivan Vanko from Iron Man 2?
If all of a sudden while you are weaving in the ends, a gnome is suddenly missing a leg, don’t despair. You can use the brown yarn you’re weaving in to kind of create a couple of loops that look like part of an i-cord and then make a loop through those to create the end of his leg, and then weave in the yarn you have left, then bippity boppity boo, you’ve created a leg after the fact. (This is much more clear when you have a leg there to try to match.) Ask me how I know.
Also, don’t worry if same gnome happens to look like Hellboy from some angles. This particular gnome had a bit of an identity crisis. He wanted to be different than all the other gnomes, so I let him be, although I did sew in his eyes.
Ps. Check out what others have finished at Tami’s Amis and Wisdom begins in Wonder and Natural Suburbia
Tags: FO Friday, gnomes, knit, pattern by Anna Hrachovec
Lovely gnomes! So colorful.
Thank you so much! :)
LOL… I think you’ve maybe been spending too much time knitting gnomes. :-D
I know, but it is so hard to stop! :)
Knitting something with an identity crisis is all too familiar, I’m afraid. Love these little guys! They’re so cheerful :)
Thank you…I’m in love with your elephant!
Hmm, you do seem to be a gnome-aholic :) Very festive and lovely colours.
I know! and knitting can be cheaper than drinking…plus, it’s calorie-free!
So adorable and colorful!
Thank you!
Do you think you’ll look back on this period of time as the Gnome Era?
well, I will NOW! (LOVE IT)
Those yarn balls would make an awesome wreath! I love the previous post with the gnomes, looks like a chorus line! But their poor little legs aren’t long enough to kick. LOL
…Introducing The Gnomettes!
I love a good pile-o-Gnomes! I see why you were so happy with those colors.
pile-o-Gnomes! ha!
ooooh, I love that pile of gnomes. Those must be a lot of fun to knit.
so much fun, I found it hard to stop!!! :)